Russian and Chinese companies will probably not be able to participate in any way in the construction of the new power plant unit in Dukovany. The Chamber of Deputies approved this today with amendments to the Senate, which recommended strengthening security guarantees in the selection of construction contractors. They also proposed to enact the possibility of parliamentary […]
The government will decide on the adequacy of support for the production of electricity from renewable sources by its regulation. The so-called internal rate of return (IRR), simply the return on investment in a renewable resource over the duration of the aid, will range from 8.4 percent to 10.6 percent. Today, the Chamber of Deputies decided to […]
The Czech Republic had a below-average year-on-year increase in gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter overall compared to EU countries. In the EU countries, it grew by 1.9 percent quarter on quarter and by 13.2 percent year on year, while in the Czech Republic the economy grew by 8.2 percent year on year and […]
The Czech Republic is the 27th most economically free country out of 165 monitored countries in the world. Last year, the Czechia was in 24th place according to the revised ranking. This follows from the published ranking “Economic Freedom of the World Index” of the Canadian Fraser Institute, which the Liberal Institute said in a press release […]
The Ministry of Defense will buy new artillery pieces for the Czech army from the French company Nexter Systems for 8.52 billion crowns with VAT, the Minister of Defense Lubomír Metnar (for YES) informed the government today. The minister stated this on Twitter. In the Czech Republic, most of the works will be assembled by the Czechoslovak […]
The late owner of PPF, Petr Kellner, received an award from the Ministry of Defense for his contribution to the fight against covid-19. It was awarded to him by the Minister of Defense Lubomír Metnar. Metnar said this today at the end of the vaccination at the O2 Universum in Prague, which was lent to the PPF […]
Kyiv has legalized bitcoin, the bill was almost unanimously approved by parliament, the Kyiv Post reports. In recent weeks, Ukraine has become the fifth country to set rules for the cryptocurrency market. The proposal will now go to President Volodymyr Zelensky. The government dealt with the proposal last year. However, cryptocurrency transactions have so far been on the […]
The police accused one person of fraudulently luring a total of 1.5 billion crowns from more than 4,000 investors. He faces up to ten years in prison for it. This was stated in a press release today by the spokesman of the National Center against Organized Crime (NCOZ) Jaroslav Ibehej. The accused is the executive of a company […]
Regardless of the result of the October elections, the KSČM is waiting for a change, after sixteen years its chairman Vojtěch Filip will end in its leadership, his predecessor Miroslav Grebeníček will not defend the mandate, the chairman of the parliamentary club Pavel Kováčik did not get the candidate. Filip confirmed his intention not to run […]